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CLINTON E. LINCOLN, OF HOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.

WORK-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 544,182, dated August6, 1895. Application filed February 25, 1895. Serial No. 539,637. (Nomodel.)

To all whomit may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLINTON E. LINCOLN, 0t Morehead City, in the countyof Oarteret and State of North Oarolina,'have invented a new andImproved Work-Stand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvement in work-stands; and it has forits object to provide a stand which will embodya cabinet for thereception of scissors, buttons, thimbles, 850., said cabinet beingprovided with a number of drawers, and which will likewise serve as atable, and likewise to provide a stand with a thread-rack upon which anydesired number of spools may be placed and expeditiously andconveniently removed therefrom,

- and whereby the spools when on the rack will be held under propertension,so that the thread maybe drawn therefrom without tangling, andwhereby, further, the support for each spool will be provided with athreadcutter so placed that the thread will be quickly and readily cutwhen desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a stand with a work-basketcapable of being removed therefrom or of being revolved thereon. p

Theinvention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through the stand, the mainstandard thereof being shown in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 is a planview of the thread-rack removed from the standard, and Fig. 4 is asectional view through one of the spoolsupporting arms and a plan viewof the thread-cutter carried thereby.

In carrying out the invention a main standard or upright A is provided,which may be of any desired cross-sectional contour. This standard haslegs 10, attached to it at or near its lower end, or it may be securedin any other form of base. The standard is usually made in two sectionsheld together by frictional contact or screwed together, and upon thelower section- 0f the standard a workbasket 11 is loosely mounted,whereby the said basket may be readily turned around the standard andremoved when the two sections of the standard have been separated. Uponthe upper end of the standard a cabinet B is mounted to revolve. Thiscabinet is preferably of circular shape, although it may be .given anyother desired shape, and the top be drawn outward from the body of thecabi- 1 net, as required,it being understood that the drawers willcorrespond substantially in shape to the shape of the space between thepartitions they are adapted to enter, as shown in Fig. 2. The centralportion let of the cabinet is usually made solid and receives the upperend of the standard A. The cabinet is held in position on the standardbyrmeans of a cap-plate 15, made to enter a suitable recess in the topofthe solid portion of the cabinet, and a screw 16 or its equivalent,which is passed through said plate and into the standard, the platebeing capable of turning around the screw. 'In the upper face or tablesurface of the cabinet an'undercut recess 17is made, in which apincushion 18 or like device is removably introduced, being held thereinby frictional contact with the walls of the said recess.

Between the basket 11 and the cabinet B a thread-rack O is located,comprising a hubsection 19 loosely mounted on the standard andsupportedbya collar 20 and any desired number of arms 21, which are usually madeof stout wire, are secured to the said hub. These arms are by preferencebent outwardly and downwardly, forming what may be termed an inclinedmember a, and thence upwardly, forming a vertical member a. The verticalmember of each arm is threaded at its upper end to receive a lock-nut22, and furthermore these arms, at or near the junction of their twomembers, are provided in their vertical members preferably with aconcavity or depression 23 to receix e a clamping-ring 24 sprung overthem. Thus it will be observed that this ring serves to hold all of thearms in the hub, and when the ring is removed any one or more of thearms may be disengaged from the hub.

Each one of the arms of the thread-rack is adapted to carry upon itsvertical member a a spool of thread 25, and a spring 26 is placed uponthe vertical member of each arm bearing upon the spool, the tensionbeing regulated by the lock-nuts 22, and between each spring and thelock-nut of an arm a threadcutter 27 is usually secured on the verticalmembers of the arms. This thread-cutter is provided with a. rectangularor polygonal opening, through which the threaded portion of aspool-supporting arm 21 is made to pass, the arm being flattened toengage with the thread-cutter to prevent the latter from shiftin g. Thethread-cutters are curved downward and outward over the spools to whichthey belong and have a cutting-head 28 at their outer or free ends.

It will thus be observed that a work-stand constructed as above setforth will afford a convenience in a work-room not possible to beobtained in the ordinary stand, and that the various spools of threadwill be kept separated and the thread on the spools will be preventedfrom becoming tangled, and may be quickly cut when a proper length hasbeen withdrawn from the spool, and that convenient receptacles areprovided for various articles necessary in a work-box or in thesewlug-room, and that any receptacle may be reached by simply turningthe cabinet. The upright or standard A should be of such size that whenthe screw 16 is removed the cabinet, spool-rack, and basket may beremoved from the standard at the top.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a work stand, the combination with a standard orsupport, of a thread rack comprising a hub loosely mounted on the saidstandard, a series of angular arms removably secured to the hub, meansfor holding the arms in position in the hub, each of said arms having avertical member adapted to support a spool, and a tension device carriedby each of said arms, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a work stand, the combination with a standard or support, of athread rack mounted thereon and comprising a series of arms each havinga vertical member adapted to support a spool and a binding-ring clampingthe arms in position and removable from the arms, as and for the purposeset forth.

3. In a work stand, the combination, with a standard or support, of athread rack comprising a hub, arms radiating from the hub, each adaptedto support a spool, a retainingband in engagement with all of the arms,supporting them in position in the hub and removable from the arms, anda tension device carried by each arm adapted for engagement with thespool, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a work stand, the combination with a standard or support, of athread rack mounted to revolve thereon, comprising a hub, a series ofangular arms radiating from the hub, a retaining band maintaining thesaid arms in proper position in the hub, being removable from the arms,a tension device carried by each arm, and thread cutters mounted on thearms, substantially as described.

5. In a work stand, the combination with a standard or support, of acabinet having a central solid portion mounted to revolve on saidstandard, a recess formed in the top of said central portion, a capplate fitting said recess, a screw passing loosely through the cap plateand secured to the said standard, the upper surface of the said cabinetforming a table, and the said upper surface being provided with anundercut recess adapted to receive a cushion, substantially as shown anddescribed.

CLINTON E. LINCOLN. Witnesses:

J. B. MORTON, J. B. ARENDELL.

